1992: The Year Hair Metal Got Left Behind... Or Did It? 

I had to take a little break from the video as I am working on maintaining my sobriety right now. My wife passed away in 2021 and it's tough right now. These videos give me something to look forward to.

Trixter "Hear!" is one of my favotites of 1992.

Anthony this is James you two are gold together I learn so much 1992 was a great year so many great albums one i listen to all the time is TNTs Realized Fantasies Album and the ballad LionHeart so killier

No order here. 1. Roxy Blue- want some 2. Warrant- dog eat dog 3. Poorboys-Pardon me…great album 4. Trixter- Hear 5. Wildside- under the influence. Another killer album 6. Great White-psycho city. Such an underrated album 7. Bon Jovi- keep the faith 8. Lynch mob-2nd album. Self titled 9. Bad 4 good- I don’t care that album is so good. 10. Hardline- double eclipse. Alternates 1. Slaughter-wild life 2. Soul kitchen- self titled. Check out this album 3. Heavy Bones- self titled 4. Great king rat- self titled album. Crazy name but so is killer dwarfs and they are awesome lol. 5. Killer dwarfs- method to the madness lol👍🏼

1992 was such a great year. Dirty Rhythm's "Hard as a Rock" (one of those albums where its not clear if its 91 or 92) and Star Star's "The Love Drag Years" are some good obscure albums worth checking out. Michael Monroe even made a cameo in Star Star's "Science Fiction Boy" music video. Great choices by both of you as usual!

For my money, Tora Tora's Wild America was the album of the year. Love that album! Actually all 4 studio albums are stellar and the new songs and compilation they have just put out is great too

Another cool video🤘so much killer stuff in 92! always amused and laugh when Brian messes with u about the ballads but hey i love em too! Always great when i see Brian and Ryan on there with u...they're both awesome! Cant wait for the next episode!

Dude thank you for mentioning Killer Dwarfs. I love that band. Dirty weapons album is my favorite album of theirs but I can still remember buying method to the madness at my local record store Camelot music

I have zero problem with the amount of content you uploaded.. I have zero problems with the way you come across.. you are clearly not phony .. I support you

Keep doing what you do, man, love you. Anyway, have a blind person, I didn’t have much of a way of finding out about new hair, metal stuff at the time, so thinking for revisiting me to that area. Take care.

Another quality vid from the Guru and Bryan. Dog eat Dog and Double Eclipse are well known to me and are ACE. Thanks to you guys i now have wildside and sleeze beeze on my playlist!! Thank you. One last thing, 1992, The Crimon Idol by WASP was released, brilliant album, great guitar and drum work, great song writing by Blackie.highly recommend a listen! Thanks for taking the time and effort in reading all comments and replying. It must be hard work, regards Tony

Extreme - III Sides to Every Story

My opinion is that you are doing just fine and I would like you to keep doing what you want to do

Have been shouting praise for that Heavy Bones albums for as long as remember. It had far more depth than Cats and Ellis took that awesome voice of his to new places. Cheers for including it!

Hey Anthony I have to tell you that ever since I first started watching your videos about a month ago I notice how much you are like my friend Brent a guy who lives near me in burien, Washington. He is a total metal head. He even has long rocker hair. He has always talked to me with great fan enthusiasm about metal music from the '70s, '80s, and '90s. So there is something about the way you talk about it with enthusiasm, your communication style and even the way you say fuc5 is the way he says it so in an exasperated way, all these things are like him. So because of these commonalities between you guys listening to your videos always gives me great comfort and pleasure because you really remind me of him.

There’s the year. It’s insane how many incredible albums were released in 92. Supposedly hair metal was dead but that didn’t stop my wallet from getting drained by the dozens of albums I had to pick up this year. The genre was still alive and creating killer content but unless you were actively seeking it out you never would have known.

Great video boys!

So glad i found this channel, it takes me back to a great time for music. Totally agree many bands put out their 2nd or 3rd albums out around this time and most were largely ignored. For me "Dog Eat Dog" put out at any other time would be regarded as Fantastic Rock record.

Only recently stumbled across these vids.. Nice one Guru 👍 Appreciating all your heartfelt love for Jani. I guess I'm a fair-weather fan according to what you said about the first two albums 😉 Nonetheless, the Song and Dance Man has remained with me 33 years, and still counting... I watched this episode about 92 especially to see whether you'd mention Wildside (even less know here in the UK) 👌

Nice to see the Killer Dwarfs getting some love! If you like the 1992 release you guys should try the previous one, Dirty Weapons. That album is perfect from start to finish.

Anthony & Bryan...Great show !! One I would mention from 92' is Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith. Not a huge fan, but gotta give credit where credit is due. Had decent sales in the U.S & good sales worldwide. I've always been on the fence about calling them "Hair Metal" because they have that pop sound to them. Regardless, worth a mention. Keep up the great work !! How about a Guru, Bryan & Ryan top 5 topic show ??

Love LSD. I saw them in Chicago before they moved to LA. 1st time live, they blew me away. I think they might have opened for Enuff Z znuff or Hurricane Alice.

I got one that most people wouldn't even think of. I never even heard of them until I saw them open up for Vince Neil on his solo 'Exposed' tour. They were really good live so I went out the next day and bought their CD. The band name is 'My Little Funhouse' and their CD was called "Standunder". Songs like "I Want Some of That", "Wishing Well", and "Raintown" are some of the really good tunes. Other CDs in 92 I love include Southgang "Group Therapy" and Slaughter "The Wild Life" to name just a couple. Great channel!

So glad I stumbled across this channel, think I said it the last video Warrant are criminally underated, Jani was so talented. Dunno if you take on board any recommendations check out an album from 92 called Gallus by a Scottish band called Gun, if you like that the follow up Swagger is a banger and the debut Taking On The World is a great album too

Never miss your channel, it keeps getting better & better. By the way, why you never mentioned a Japanese band called Loudness, they released tons of albums and i love their earlier stuff, 'Soldier of fortune' is a killer album from start to finish. Keep the good work up.

Happy Friday!!

Sic Vikki- 1993 release! still 80's af tho

I had to come back and make a new comment. I remembered another one from 1992 that was largely ignored. Dee Snider formed a band called Widowmaker that put out an album called "Blood and Bullets" full of catchy, heavy melodic rock. "The Lonely Ones" is one of my favorite tracks. Band featured Al Pitrelli on guitar who has played with Megadeth and Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Another awesome video, keep it up!!! My favorite of 1992 is Animal Bag's self titled CD. If you've never heard it, check it out! So good.

Alright, I haven't checked the channel in a few weeks. I check it out and I'm treated to 2 hour and a half videos of rock n roll.

Faster Pussycat - Whipped! Warrant - Dog Eat Dog Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted Damn Yankees - Don't Tread Skid Row - B-Side Ourselves (EP) FireHouse - Hold Your Fire Kiss - Revenge Saigon Kick - The Lizard Slik Toxik - Doin' the Nasty Izzy Stradlin - Izzy Stradlin and The Ju Ju Hounds

I know people are split on this album, but I thought it was a masterpiece: Extreme - III Sides To Every Story Also not really Hair Metal but: King's X- King's X Faith No More- Angel Dust Iron Maiden- Fear of the Dark Ugly Kid Joe's- America's Least Wanted is definitely one of the most underrated albums that came out that year. I figured they were going to be the next big thing until the shift happened in the industry. As for the song Busy Bee, it was played quite a bit on the local radio in the small town where I lived at the time. 1992 overall was probably the best year for rock and metal music since it was one of the only years hair metal was still big alongside the rise of alternative and grunge metal (that and Dream Theater getting noticed 😁). You are completely right that some of these hair metal bands would have continued to stay big if the record companies and media didn't drop them like a lead balloon. Unfortunately, there was also a lot rehashed garbage at that point as well; as is usually the case for any genre of music after a certain point.

Great video guys! Plenty of honorable mentions - I hope you look into part 2. I think the following were good ones too: W.A.S.P. - Crimson Idol Lynch Mob - Lynch Mob House of Lords - Demons Down Just to touch a little bit on the silly immature or inappropriate lyrics at the time, some of these bands had written those songs when they were way younger and years prior to the releases. Some of them had to wait years to get signed by a record label and like you mentioned, some of them may have been rushed to get something out and they didn’t have any more material at the time. Anyway, the hair/glam metal genre is fascinating IMO. Lots of “what ifs” especially during the late 80s/early 90s transition, maybe more than any other genre. 🔥🎸🤘🏻

Life Sex & Death is my 92 pick. Sure, the gimmick was goofy but the album rocked and they were great live.

Honestly... I will never not want to listen to Here I go Again

What no love for the most awesome song they did, come again. Ted does the best solo of his career imo

Killer Dwarfs Method To The Madness is my favorite from 92

Hey Guru, you ever hear of a band that was in the same category as Stryper called Bloodgood? Their first album was self titled and was pretty darn good. I'm gonna say it came out 1987-ish.

Damn Yankees did record a third album in the late 90s but the label rejected it.

Why any shame for Night Ranger? They are a great band and I think they completely fit your area??

Andy Warhol was right is sooooo awesome...beautiful delivery and rocking at the same time!!!

1:48:30 ironic that the Black Crowes made it with a cover song (Hard to Handle) as their top single - maybe that's why Lillian Axe tried to as well with 'No Matter What' and a year later so did Mr. Big with 'Wild World'

Hey guru and brian have y'all heard of tattoo rodeo 1st cd rode hard put away wet and 2nd cd skin. Skin thats their baddest. One of the baddest blues cd . Spread eagle open to the public kicks ass but not as good as their 1st.

Heavy Bones was an awesome album!! Good call 🤟 20:37

I bought Heavy Bones on cassette originally when it came out after seeing the write up in Metal Edge. “Turn It On” should have been a huge single! Regarding Steelheart’s debut from ‘90, there was another hit single (actually it was the biggest international single off the album) “She’s Gone (Lady)” another incredible power ballad.

Hey Guru! You put Dream Theater on the list which reminded me of Winter Rose, the band James Labrie sang for back in like 89-90. An obscure Canadian gem. They were straight Hair Metal. You would love it, man. Check out the video for their song I'll Never Fall In Love Again. It's a great power ballad with a similar vibe to White Lion's Broken Heart. I'm betting it's right up your alley!

1992 was the beginning of the end. Don Dokken went solo, Stephen Pearcy formed Arcade and Vince Neil also was solo. Faster Pussycat summed up the time with the track Nonstop To Nowhere. The lyrics are heartbreaking. Slaughter also summed up the times with the track Times They Change. I loved 1992 I was 19.Great show guy's. Cheers from Australia

Bangalore choir 1992 is a really good one

I do agree that 1992 was a particulary good year in glam/hard rock. I believe the best was Jerusalem Slim with Mike Monroe and Steve Stevens. "Lethal Underground" is maybe the best hard rock song of this decade. The channel is good I love it. Greetings from Hungary.

I like the long videos

LOVE/HATE Lets Eat.. I know it's not 1992.. but you should check it out abd and Quiet Riot guilty pleasures

LOVE / HATE "don't play your guitar while you're talking to me" EAST COAST GRINDHOUSE PARTY PREMIERE AT 10:00 A.M.

“True Believer” was the first single from Poetic Justice” but the label opted not to make a video. “No Matter What” the follow up single did get a video as was mentioned. Go figure… yet another label misstep….

Currently watching the video, can't find Bad4good on Spotify, I do remember Thomas Macrouglins name tho

Butch Walker with Marvelous 3 had the guitarist from Saigon Kick in it.

Saints & Sinners debut and only album is incredible!!

Great White Psycho City released in September 1992 is a great album and their best album. Sadly it’s not well known. 1996 Great White Let it Rock album is good also.

Roxy Blue! Love em

The drummer from bad4good is the drummer of avenged sevenfold now. has been for years

Dude I’m from Toronto Canada…check out Monkey Head band only on RU-vid here…featuring Jason hook on guitar..they got signed in 91 by Electra produced by Beau Hill..it never got released because of 92…they were called No Love Lost back then…Grew up with Jason so I played this for years ..Jason released it Independent under Monkey Head in Japan. Please check it out this Album and band should have but of course the curse of 92 and on..Sam

1) jesse harte was brought in by warrant in 1993 after jani left, and was offered the gig in warrant, however harte was convinced by his management that he could get a solo deal with a decent label and make more money with his own songs. personally, i think harte in warrant would have been terrible. 2) always loved the record double eclipse from hardline. it had everything the hard rock fan would ever want. to me, it encapsulates something i call "baywatch music". you could just imagine any of those songs appearing on an episode of baywatch! 3) trixter - hear was released late 1992, and was dead on arrival...but a great album 4) widowmaker (dee snider) - blood and bullets was out in 1992, and had an amazing ballad called "calling for you". albums was okay, but that ballad was one of the best.

they fought back tooth and nail' Def Leppards ardenalize (released in 1992 -out sold nirvana knocked it off the rock changes)- seems like early 1993 is when they pulled the plug out completely for anything glam metal related; makes you wonder what the hell the was drvie to do that? like the mtv directors took it personal that a hair metal start did he wife or gf and then he gets to get back at them by takingn them off the video rotation and making a cartoon where the sole goal for the first couple seaons was to make anything 80s look retarded and make fun of all the 80s glam metal bands.

Dean Cain from Journey.😂🤘🏼🤘🏼

Massive praise for Love/Hate followed by absolutely dumping on "Rob The Cradle" for the underage overtones. Did you forget these lyrics? "Rock Queen, thirteen, buxom blonde, bad dream. Let me touch your cookies. Let me eat your cookies, NOW!!!" FYI: Age of Consent in Nevada is 16.

Thomas McRocklin, real last name McLaughlin.... he has a RU-vid channel. If you are into Steve Vai-style instrumental stuff, look him up. He is a freak of nature. Amazing guitarist and often talks about being under the wing of Steve Vai... Great stories if you want to hear what it was like during his early teen years doing all of this stuff. Yes, he was in Steve Vai's video "The Audience is Listening." Other than that, "Slow and Beautiful" is my fav ballad on that album. Way better than "Nothin' Great about a Heartache."

Dream Theater I'd awesome along with Fates Warning

Check out the band shelter dogs Danny cooksey is the singer totally different music than bad 4 good but his voice is still really great

Marvelous 3 were bascially Southgang minus Jesse Harte. They dropped a new album last year and are doing some shows this year. Still kicking ass as they did back then. They also had another band called Floyds Funk Revival/The Floyds that did 2 albums with the bass players wife Chystyne on co vocals with Butch in beteen the two bands. Jesse/Jimmy has tried to do Southgang 2.0 and another band, yet he has some addiction issues that fuck him up and always ruins whatever he gets going, which is a shame, he had a great voice, now he sounds like Udo.

Of course I worship Dream Theater's Images and Word. God tier album but definitely heavier, more serious than most of the bands you cover. But when Gary said, "We don't give an eff about rules?" You guys missed a chance to swing into Kik Tracee's No Rules.

damn yankees drummer also with accept. night ranger kicks ass too

I would have added War Babies 1992 sole album

i could be wrong but i think stanley was a teacher

Warrants Dog Eat Dog was best "hair metal" album of 1992. Facts.

Have u guys heard of a band BIG COCK ? =Robert mason on vocals. Check out a band from Atlanta DOUBLE DRIVE, BADASS HAND .

35:00 It's considered poor taste in RU-vid banter podcasts to step on another man's punchline

I turn 15 in 92. That was a special year wink wink 😉 I was a slut

album covers? lets grow up guys it goes deeper than that

Anthony can u please do a single show without talking about ballads? I hated that shit back in the 80s as much as I still hate it. Those were the songs just to keep the girls happy.

Dude, you are on the right path with content, but if you really want to grow your channel, three things: 1) Only do two posts a week 2) Try to be more "natural" and accessible (you come off a bit phony - don't "act cool," just be yourself!!), and 3) Your videos need to be shorter. This video is WAYYYYYYYYYY too long. An hour, at most, 30-40 minutes would be best. Good luck!!

If I recall correctly, Gary Hoey had 15 mins as the next Satch. Radio and MTV propped him up and he had 1 single that got mid big, right after Satriani broke out with Flying in a Blue Dream.